Follow this new polymer clay tutorial to learn how to make folded polymer clay heart beads and how to make a pair of earrings using these beads.

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for making the earrings shown in the first picture of this listing, including explanations for shaping the beads, adding patina, and putting the earrings together.

Additional sections of this tutorial will guide you through variations of this design (such as the beads shown in pictures 2, 3, and 4 of this listing). Place a mouse over the small pictures to see them enlarged.

In this tutorial, I also included five patterns for folded heart beads in various sizes and 40 big full-color pictures showing every step of the project.